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Definition: Presbyopia |
PresbyopiaNoun1. Farsightedness resulting from a reduced ability to focus caused by loss of elasticity of the crystalline lens with age. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The normal decreasing elasticity of the crystalline lens that leads to loss of accommodation. (references) |
Medicine | The reduction of accommodation with age due to a progressive inability of the lens to change its shape, thus limiting the range over which objects can be brought into focus. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Presbyopia |
| English words defined with "presbyopia": presbyope, Presbyopy, Presbytia, Presbytism. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In addition, you should consider how much your presbyopia is expected to increase in the future. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
Expression using "presbyopia": nocturnal presbyopia. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
presbyopia | 143 |
presbyopia surgery | 7 |
dallas presbyopia | 5 |
ft worth presbyopia | 5 |
fort worth presbyopia | 5 |
texas presbyopia | 5 |
presbyopia treatment | 5 |
presbyopia reversal surgical | 3 |
laser presbyopia reversal surgery | 3 |
presbyopia correction | 3 |
contact lens and presbyopia | 2 |
laser presbyopia surgery | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "presbyopia"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | بصر الشيخوخة. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | старческо зрение, пресбиопия. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 老花眼. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | gammelsynethed. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | presbyopie, ouderdomsslechtziendheid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | presbytie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Weitsichtigkeit (long sightedness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πρεσβυωπία (hypermetropia, hyperopia, long sight, longsightedness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | távollátás. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | presbitismo, presbiopia, vista stanca. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 老眼 (long-sighted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ろうが" (long-sighted). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 노안. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | shilley shenn eash. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | esbyopiapray presbiopia. (various references) пресбиопия. (various references) dalekovidost. (various references) presbicia (farsightedness). (various references) presbyopi. (various references) presbiyopi, yaşlanma nedeniyle miyopluk. (various references) стареча далекозорість. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "presbyopia": presbyopias. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "presbyopia" (pronounced 'Pres`by*o"pi*a'): Ametropia, Anisometropia, Anorthopia, Asthenopia, Atropia, Cornucopia, hemeralopia, Lycanthropia, Myopia, Nyctalopia, Porpita, Rupia, Utopia. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-i-o-p-p-r-s-y" | |
-1 letter: paperboys. | |
-2 letters: paperboy. | |
-3 letters: apposer, apprise, boppers, isobare, prepays, pyropes, rosebay, sappier, saprobe, soapier, soppier, yappers. | |
-4 letters: appose, ariose, aspire, baryes, biopsy, bopper, boyars, braise, isobar, operas, osprey, papers, papery, papyri, pareos, paries, payers, payors, pipers, poiser, popery, popsie, praise, prepay, probes, pyrope, rabies, rebops, repays, ribose, sapper, sipper, soaper, spirea, yapper, yerbas. | |
-5 letters: abris. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-b-e-i-o-p-p-r-s-y" | |
+1 letter: presbyopias. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 72 65 73 62 79 6F 70 69 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).--. .-. . ... -... -.--. --- .--. .. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01110010 01100101 01110011 01100010 01111001 01101111 01110000 01101001 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P r e s b y o p i a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0072 0065 0073 0062 0079 006F 0070 0069 0061 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)50847185689181827567 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Expressions 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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